Vehicle-wheel rim.



PATENTEDJULY 28, 1 908.

E. U. SHAW. VEHICLE WHEEL RIM.

APPLIGATION.FILED FEB. 20. 1907.

I INVENTOR M ATTORNEY EDWIN COUP-LAND SHAW, OF AKRON, OHIO,

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ASSIGNOR TO B. F. GOODRICH COMPANY, OF

AKRON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

' Y VEHICLE-WHEEL RIM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented ma 28,1908.

Application filed. February 20, 1907. Serial N 0. 358,462.

T 0 all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, EDWIN CourLAND SHAW, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Akron, county of Summit, and state of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in V ehicle-Wheel Rims, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanyin drawings, which form apart thereof.

y invention relates to that class of vehicle wheel rims designed for use with tires of resilient materials, and more particularly to rims adapted for use with detachable tires.

I have described and claimed in a companion application an ,1 improved vehicle wheel rim having one tire flange permanently mounted upon the channel-iron, an opposing tire flange mounted upon a removable split ring, and means for securing locking engagement between the channel-iron and the removable ring.

The objectof the invention described and claimed in the present application is to provide a useful modification of the means for securing locking engagement between the channel-iron and the flange-bearing removable ring. I accomplish this object by means of two lugs extending downwardly from the terminals of the split ring, two slots in the channel-iron adapted to receivesaid lugs, and means for securing said lugs within said slots and to said channel-iron.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective View of a tire and rim showing my improved means for securing the tire to the wheel. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the tire and rim upon the broken line at x of Fig. 3 showing the means for securing the detachable flange to the channel-iron. Fig. 3 is a side view of the tire rim, a part being broken away to show details of construction. Fig. 4 is a lan view of a section of the channel-iron and the slots therein.

I have shown m device as applied to a tire and rim of the c encher type, in which the flanges are curved upwardly and inwardly to grasp and hold beads formed upon the 'tire casing, but it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that by altering the shape of the tire flanges my device can be adapted for use with tires of any form.

Referring to the drawings in Fig. 1, 1 is the wheel felly. 'llhc channel iron 2 is adapted to be affixed thereto and carries a permanent and securing it against laterally outward displacement. The conformation of this portion of the channel-iron may of course be varied. The form of the retainingflan c is likewise immaterial, except that it must 'orm a seat for the removable ring adapted to secure it from laterally outward movement. The ring 5 is contmuous with the exception of a single joint or split which allows it to be attached or removed at will. It comprises a "base portion and a tire retaining flange, the base portion being fitted'to its seat upon the channel-iron, so that when it rests thereon and seats against the flange 4 the tire flangeis in position to retain the tire. Upon the under-side of the split ring, and near its terminals, are two lugs 6 and 7, which may be I cored or perforated, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. In the portion of "the channel-iron which carries the removable" ring and at any convenient point upon its periphery are out two slots shaped to receive theselugs,and so located that the lugs will enter them when the split ring is in position and its terminals con-'- tact-in longitudinal alinement. Through the portion of these lugs which extends below the lower surface of the channel-iron are drilled or cored holes registering on'c wit'h the other, and a headed key 8 is providedmfia. proper size to fit within these holes and of a length suflicient to project slightly beyond the lug 7 when the head seats against the lug 6. To secure this keyin position I prefer to drill it near the extremity and to insert therein a split key or cotter pin 9.

The mode of o eration of my device is as follows To attac 1 a tire the split ring is removed and the tire applied to the rim about its entire periphery, engaging closely with the permanent tire flange thereon. The split ring is then sprung into place about the channel-iron and one of the lugs inserted in its slot and secured there by the insertion of the pin. The'other terminal of the ring is then drawn up until the two terminals contact i irfli lirieiiient, when the second lug will enter its slut and the key may be forced 55 tire flange 3, which is preferably formed 1 through the hole in its lug and secured by the cotterpin. In this position the tire and theremovable flange are securely locked to the rim. The retaining flange 4 revents laterally outward displacement o the ring, the bolts or lugs in the slots prevent any cree ing or movement of the split ring about t e channel-iron, thekey, by seating against the under-surface of ,the channel-iron, securesthe lugs within the slots and lock the terminals of thesplit ring to the said channel-iron.

To remove the tire the rocess is reversed: the key must beremove when the lugs can e lifted .out of the slots, the split ring removed and the tire detached. The splitring should be accurately fitted to its seat upon the channel-iron, and in practice this may render it difficult to adjust the rin and *to insert the second lug in its slot. To acilitate this operation, therefore, I provide the jointed lever 10 (Fig. 1);

' manently attached thereto, a second tire flange mounted upon a removable trans-j,

versely split ring, a retaining flange u on said channel-iron, downwardly extending a pin 11 upon one. I arm is inserted in a hole 12 drilled in the split ring, near one terminal; a second pin 13 u Vitnesses:

lugs near the terminals of said split ring, and

a key ada ted to pass through-perforations in said lugs and to seat against the under; surface ofthechannel-iron. I 2.--Means for-securing a removable tire flange to the channel-iron of a vehiclewheel rim comprising downwardly extending lugs upon sa d removable flange, slots in said 0 annel-iron adapted to, receive said lugs, and a key ada ted to ass through perforations in said u'gs an under-surface of the said channel-iron.

3. In a vehicle wheel rim the combination of a channel-iron carrying one tire flange, a removable split ring carrying ,a second tire flange, downwardly extending lugs upon the said ring nearitsterminals, slots in said channel-iron adapted to receive said lugs,

to'seat against the and means for locking the. said lugs in said slots, comprising a key adapted to pass through the holes in said lugs :and to seat against th'under-surface 0f the channel v ron.

the 'channe -1ron, substantially as described.

EDWIN OOUPLAND' SHAW.

O. C. GoonnroH, W. KaMEA s.

vehicle wheel rim for resilient tires, co'mp-rislng achannel-iron 2, a flange-bearing removable ring 5, cored lugs 6 and 7vupon 

